The Illiac Passion

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Prometheus, on an Odyssean journey, crosses the Brooklyn Bridge in search of the characters of his imagination. After meeting the Muse, he proceeds to the "forest." There, under an apple tree, he communes with his selves, represented by celebrated personages from the New York "underground scene" who appear as modern correlatives to the figures of Greek mythology. The filmmaker, who narrates the situations with a translation of Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound, finds the personalities of his characters to have a timeless universality.

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Creators

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Gregory J. Markopoulos

director

Aeschylus

writer

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Gregory J. Markopoulos

writer

Henry David Thoreau

writer

Cast

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Richard Beauvais actor

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David Beauvais actor

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Robert Alvarez actor

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Taylor Mead actor

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Sheila Gary actor

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Peggy Murray actor

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Tom Venturi actor

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Tally Brown actor

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Kenneth King actor

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Gerard Malanga actor

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Jan Chippman actor Andy Warhol actor Phillip Klass actor

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Margot Brier actor

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Paul Swan actor

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Wayne Weber actor

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Carlos Anduze actor

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Stella Dundas actor

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John Dowd actor

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Philip Merker actor